12 ideas
5831 | The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP] |
5829 | We refer to Thales successfully by name, even if all descriptions of him are false [Schwartz,SP] |
5830 | The traditional theory of names says some of the descriptions must be correct [Schwartz,SP] |
12608 | Concepts are distinguished by roles in judgement, and are thus tied to rationality [Peacocke] |
5826 | The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP] |
12605 | A sense is individuated by the conditions for reference [Peacocke] |
12607 | Fregean concepts have their essence fixed by reference-conditions [Peacocke] |
12609 | Concepts have distinctive reasons and norms [Peacocke] |
12604 | Any explanation of a concept must involve reference and truth [Peacocke] |
13965 | Semantics as theory of meaning and semantics as truth-based logical consequence are very different [Soames] |
12610 | Encountering novel sentences shows conclusively that meaning must be compositional [Peacocke] |
13964 | Semantic content is a proposition made of sentence constituents (not some set of circumstances) [Soames] |